Insanity Challenge: Week 2

Two good friends of mine and I began doing Insanity last Monday (April 30th) and I feel the need to track my progress, since the results have already shocked me. I assume most people have heard of Insanity, however, if you haven't, you need to understand that choosing to begin this 60-day program is totally not the kind of thing that I would do. Let me just begin by saying that I weighed 150 lbs last Monday and I dropped down to 146 in a week. What can cause this other than miraculous divine intervention? An absolutely mind-boggling 60-day cardio-intensive DVD fitness program, led by the crazy Shaun T (who is also THE MAN, I must add). That's what.

I've been wanting to get fit for a while, but I'm really not that active, so it's been a challenge. The truth is that the importance of academic success has been drilled into me, which means it usually will take precedence over hitting the gym, or playing soccer, or even dancing (things I really enjoy). So I decided to begin Insanity, since my friend owned the DVD's... and what committed me even more to doing it was that I decided to tell everyone that I would...haha, which ended up working out since I have Dana and Ingrid to hold me to my daily workouts. Seriously, though, this workout is madness. Each DVD is only about 30-40 minutes long, but I'm dripping sweat by the end of the warm up. In fact, I started seeing shiny white lights during the first day....which happened to be a fitness test. I have been the most sore of my life during the past week.

You know, whoever you are, reader of this blog, I was planning on going along with this whole
Insanity workout fever for the 60-days just for the sake of my friends. I watched those DVDs skeptically, assuming that every fit person on the program had already looked that good when they began...and that this dumb DVD routine wasn't the driving factor behind their fitness. I cynically assumed that at the end of these 60 days, I probably wouldn't feel or look all that different, in spite of the differing opinions of my two workout buddies. So, you have to believe me when I say that stepping onto my scale this afternoon SHOCKED me....Four pounds in a week? That's the definition of insanity...So here's my first update...Expect many more triumphs and complaints.